Before the clock strikes 2 a.m. on Sunday, some bartenders won't shout last call; they'll wind the hour hand back and keep the taps flowing.

Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, which means that the witches, ghosts and goblins celebrating Halloween at bars and restaurants will have an extra hour to get liquored up.

It is illegal in Virginia to sell alcohol after 2 a.m. But the Virginia Department of Alcohol Beverage Control said in a statement that the end of daylight saving time can legally buy bars and restaurants another hour of business.

Those businesses deal with the time change every year, but it usually doesn't coincide with All Hallows' Eve.

"This is the first time that I can think of that the event has fallen on Halloween," said Chris Goodman, special agent in charge of the ABC's Roanoke regional office.

Some establishments have decided to take advantage of the time change.

"It kind of works out in our favor this year" because of Halloween said Chad Buck, a manager at Awful Arthur's in downtown Roanoke. The bartenders, who work for gratuity, really appreciate the extra hour, he said.

Down the street, Corned Beef & Co. will also keep its taps flowing, manager Jimmy Ayers said.

Staff at The Cellar, a tavern in Blacksburg, will decide whether to stay open when the time comes.

"We always play it by ear year to year," manager Kevin Long said.

Some establishments have already decided to send patrons home early.

"It leaves a little more of a window for more trouble," said Blake Duncan, who manages Mac and Bob's in Salem.

He said the restaurant and bar has never turned its clocks back to stay open the extra hour, and so they didn't consider it this year.

Blueberry Hill Restaurant on Williamson Road in Roanoke also plans to close early.

General manager Charlie Anderson said that ABC agents haven't allowed them to stay open the extra hour in the past, and he said he thinks it would just give patrons more time to get into trouble. In fact, on any other night they usually close early to avoid just that.

"If you keep people in there too much longer they tend to get overserved," he said.

The time change won't affect grocery or convenience stores because state law prohibits them from selling alcohol after midnight.

Dayside Delivery Editor Stephanie Ogilvie contributed to this report.